Moai is a puzzle / adventure game where you play as an up and coming Anthropologist. Rip around Rapa Nui (Easter Island) on your scooter, take photos of the Moai (Easter Island Heads), learn from ancient writings, and discover who carved each Moai!

Moai was built for the Big Mode 2023 Game Jam in 16 days. This game provided some complex engineering and design challenged. Moai is an open world, and the render distance is such that you can see across the entire island. This required me to get very creative with how to render objects in the distance, as well as the millions of blades of grass across the island. The Moai also have very distinct facial features which determine which Rapa Nui family they belong to. Very careful thought was put into which Moai have which features so that each one could only belong to one family.

• Game was completed and functional within the Jam timeline despite its massive scope.

• Moai facial feature design was successful and engaging to players.

• The entire island can be rendered when viewed from a tall mountain, and not degrade performance.

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